Understanding The Billing Cycle

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Skip Next Order

Push the recurring subscription order out by skipping the upcoming shipment.

Example: I have a one-month subscription plan set to bill on 10/01; if I skip the order, the subscription's next scheduled billing date will be on 11/01regardless of the date I skip. 

https://api.retextion.com/api/v2/subscriptions/:subscriptionId/skip-next-order

Set Next Billing Date

Scheduling a new billing date with adjusting every other date after that.

Generating A New Order

Generating a new subscription order happens immediately and sets the upcoming schedule based on today's date.

Example: I generate a new order of 09/05 by next order is now scheduled for 10/05.

**Here is the lifecycle an order undergoes: **

Here is the lifecycle an order undergoes:

  • Generate the upcoming order endpoint is sent to Stay
  • Stay submits the Subscription ID to Shopify to charge
  • Shopify generates the orders and fulfillments
  • Shopify sends the billing hook to Stay
  • Stay receives the hook and sends notifications, tags the order, and pushes up the next scheduled billing date